Web Hosting Firm C I Host to Open Data Center

C I Host, a leading Web host and Internet solutions provider, will open a data center nine minutes from Manhattan in 2005.

“The expansion will accommodate the needs of our colocation customers and expand our portfolio of geographic-specific services,” said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. “We’ll offer services to SMBs usually only available to larger companies, and at prices they can afford.”

The 10,000-square-foot Newark facility will have a direct, private fiber connection to the London facility enabling private data transfer. “For top speed, reliability and security, data flowing between these centers will pass on a private C I Host network, not public Internet,” Faulkner said.

SMBs will benefit from having greater access to geographic content distribution, load balancing and redundant locations.

“We will introduce enterprise services to SMB owners and give them access to service levels and features they never thought possible,” Faulkner said. “Normally these services are reserved for customers paying more. With us, SMB customers can have servers in Newark, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Jose, or any combination of these, for under $1,000 monthly.”

Housing equipment and serving data at locations around the globe is important for companies with customers in several locations. The closer the server is to the customer, the more quickly the site loads and the more likely the customer stays online.

C I Host’s centers are protected by sophisticated physical and cyber- security systems. The Newark center will be staffed 24/7 with trained administrators to ensure customers’ sites and servers stay active and reliable.